SOLVED! -PLEASE help with this problem, my monitor is always my SECONDARY display!
OK, I have an EliteGroup KA3 MVP Motherboard. My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 1900XT PCI Express 256 Dual DVI with VIVO (running Windows XP SP2)
So here is my problem: When I first got the mobo and video card, I installed the video card drivers that came in the box, that worked fine.
But then a few weeks later I tried to install some newer Catalyst drivers that had been released.
When I installed the new drivers, I rebooted my PC and had a big problem: Windows started fine, I got the Windows loading screen and everything, and I could hear the Windows startup sound. But, instead of a windows desktop all I got was a completely black screen. I knew windows was there, but just a black screen.
So all i could do is use system restore to go back to an earlier driver.
So then, a few months later new Catalyst drivers came out and I figured i would give them a try. I Installed the new drivers, and rebooted, and now something even weirder happened: Windows started, but my monitor was my SECONDARY display!
You know what I mean, how when you hook a second monitor up to your video card and then extend the Windows desktop onto that second monitor? It was just like that, but all I had was the secondary display! So I had no system tray or taskbar or icons, just the windows desktop background. The only way I could fix it was to right click and open Catalyst control center, and then drag that from an imaginary "primary display" onto my secondary monitor and make it a clone of the primary display!
I tried so much trouble shooting, wiping the drivers, starting from scratch, plugging the monitor into a different port, plugging the PCIE card into a different slot.
I have contacted my mobo, video card, and ATI manufacturer and no one has been able to help me so far.
I mean, i am screwed, basically I cannot update my video card drivers. If you have any suggestions i would appreciated it and give it a try.
For more info:
LINKS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PRODUCTS:
Mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135024
Mobo- Manual http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/DownloadFile.aspx?catid=1&driverid=3162&areaid=2&LanID=9
Vid Card- http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=137&grp=3
Vid Card manual- http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/productfiles/138manual.pdf
ANY suggestions would please help. I dont want to have blown 400$ on a mobo or vid card that doesnt work. I know you guys are smart as **** and should have some ideas.
Thanks!
OK, I have an EliteGroup KA3 MVP Motherboard. My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 1900XT PCI Express 256 Dual DVI with VIVO (running Windows XP SP2)
So here is my problem: When I first got the mobo and video card, I installed the video card drivers that came in the box, that worked fine.
But then a few weeks later I tried to install some newer Catalyst drivers that had been released.
When I installed the new drivers, I rebooted my PC and had a big problem: Windows started fine, I got the Windows loading screen and everything, and I could hear the Windows startup sound. But, instead of a windows desktop all I got was a completely black screen. I knew windows was there, but just a black screen.
So all i could do is use system restore to go back to an earlier driver.
So then, a few months later new Catalyst drivers came out and I figured i would give them a try. I Installed the new drivers, and rebooted, and now something even weirder happened: Windows started, but my monitor was my SECONDARY display!
You know what I mean, how when you hook a second monitor up to your video card and then extend the Windows desktop onto that second monitor? It was just like that, but all I had was the secondary display! So I had no system tray or taskbar or icons, just the windows desktop background. The only way I could fix it was to right click and open Catalyst control center, and then drag that from an imaginary "primary display" onto my secondary monitor and make it a clone of the primary display!
I tried so much trouble shooting, wiping the drivers, starting from scratch, plugging the monitor into a different port, plugging the PCIE card into a different slot.
I have contacted my mobo, video card, and ATI manufacturer and no one has been able to help me so far.
I mean, i am screwed, basically I cannot update my video card drivers. If you have any suggestions i would appreciated it and give it a try.
For more info:
LINKS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PRODUCTS:
Mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135024
Mobo- Manual http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads/DownloadFile.aspx?catid=1&driverid=3162&areaid=2&LanID=9
Vid Card- http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=137&grp=3
Vid Card manual- http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/productfiles/138manual.pdf
ANY suggestions would please help. I dont want to have blown 400$ on a mobo or vid card that doesnt work. I know you guys are smart as **** and should have some ideas.
Thanks!